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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hamflu HFB320 · St Petersburg, FL · September 18, 1979

Date
September 18, 1979 · 15:13 local
Place
St Petersburg, FL
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N111DC
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA79FLD98
Reported as
Hamflu HFB320
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,096 total128 in this make and model34 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot's window failed causing rapid decompression. Main DC circuit breaker broken off by flying debris.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT'S WINDOW FAILED CAUSING RAPID DECOMPRESSION. MAIN DC CIRCUIT BREAKER BROKEN OFF BY FLYING DEBRIS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.